About Marek Dynowski

As manager of our IT and Scientific Computing Core Facility, Marek has overseen the construction of a brand-new data centre in the Paterson Building, which serves the day-to-day and advanced scientific computing needs of the Institute.

Marek’s focus is on making the wide variety of resources provided more accessible to researchers.  Using Tools like RStudio Web server, the Galaxy web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research and technologies like Remote Desktop Access via XRDP are simplifying the usage of High Performance Clusters like Griffin.

He is interested in helping researchers understand the software they are using, the best ways to store, analyse and manage their data Therefore, and so the IT and Scientific Computing team is working closely with the Computational Biology Support team and the Bioinformatics and Biostatistics team from the National Biomarker Centre on training programmes to ensure users have the essential knowledge needed to use these powerful resources.

Marek is also interested in cyber security, overseeing updates and maintenance of the Facility’s perimeter firewall,and thoroughly reviewing infrastructure and security protocols, including the implementation of two-factor authentication.

His team support secure methods for external collaborators to access Institute’s services, which is crucial for maximising the Paterson Building’s potential, where scientists from multiple organisations collaborate.